Pete Doherty: ‘I was unhinged during Kate Moss romance’

British rocker Pete Doherty has confessed he was “unhinged” during his headline-grabbing relationship with supermodel Kate Moss.

The former Libertines star began dating Moss after meeting her at her 31st birthday party in 2005, but their two-and-a-half year on-and-off romance was surrounded by controversy because of Doherty’s drug use.

He admits he struggled for months to overcome their breakup in 2007 but says he was so ravaged by his cocaine and heroin addictions it was impossible for him to hold down a relationship.

Doherty tells The Independent, “I suppose I must have (regrets), but I was a bit unhinged at that time. The drugs. The thing is, she knew from day one when we began our relationship that I was using very heavily. She knew that. So, you can’t suddenly turn around and say, ‘You’ve got to stop all that.’”

The cult rocker, who is about to launch an exhibition of his paintings in London, also told of his struggle in the months after splitting from Moss, adding, “Kate used to collect (model) elephants, so I’d buy them for her wherever I went. When we split up she destroyed all my stuff, but she didn’t destroy my elephants. Because I couldn’t get over her for a while I just kept buying elephants and now I’ve got a huge elephant collection for sale.”